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Word Meanings - REDEEM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem

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Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises. I will redeem all this on Percy's head. Shak. 6. To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error. Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime Milton. It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. Shak. To redeem the time, to make the best use of it. (more info) emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em , 1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29. 2. Hence, specifically: To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin. 3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. Sandys.

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  • EMANCIPATE
    Set at liberty.
  • REDEEM
    Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem
  • CONSTRAINTIVE
    Constraining; compulsory. "Any constraintive vow." R. Carew.
  • FETTERLESS
    Free from fetters. Marston.
  • SHACKLE
    1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain. To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief. J. Philips. 2. Figuratively: To bind or confine
  • RELEASE
    To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
  • CONFINELESS
    Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak.
  • UNFETTER
    To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
  • CONSTRAINED
    Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
  • INDEMNIFY
    1. To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure. The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. Sir W. Temple. 2. To make restitution or compensation for, as for
  • REDEEMER
    1. One who redeems. 2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
  • CONFINEMENT
    1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison. 2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by
  • CONSTRAINT
    The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity. Long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Not by constraint, but bDryden. Syn. -- Compulsion;
  • RELEASEMENT
    The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.
  • CONSTRAINABLE
    Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint. Hooker.
  • REDEEMABLENESS
    The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
  • RELEASEE
    One to whom a release is given.
  • RELEASER
    One who releases, or sets free.
  • CONFINER
    One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
  • CONSTRAINER
    One who constrains.
  • UNREDEEMED
    Not redeemed.
  • DELIBERATELY
    With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
  • DELIBERATE
    1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools."
  • ENFETTER
    To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." Shak.
  • CONFINE
    To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! Shak. He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of
  • RAMSHACKLE
    Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach. Thackeray.
  • UNSHACKLE
    To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter. Addison.

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